Eurofighter for Denmark`s List

From Fighter Planes

The Eurofighter consortium wants back into the race to outfit Denmark's armed forces with a new fighter jet. Due to budget issues, the Danish government last spring put its fighter replacement program on hold and but will revisit it in 2012. The Eurofighter consortium left the initial bid in December 2007, saying the conditions clearly favored Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Also in the race are the Gripen NG from Sweden's Saab and Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet.

"The Eurofighter has also changed a lot. It is now a much more mature combat aircraft and we can make a more complete, affordable and competitive offer to Denmark."

Its pilots are flying updated F-16 fighter jets taking part in an international mission in Libya. Danish military officials have in the past lobbied to restart the fighter program, saying pilots would benefit from the advanced stealth technologies offered by the planes in the competition.

Designed and built by a consortium of three European companies -- German-Spanish European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., Finmeccanica from Italy and Britain's BAE Systems, the Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing multi-role aircraft. It's in service with six nations -- Germany, Italy, Spain, Britain, Austria and Saudi Arabia. Eurofighter jets from the British air force last month flew their first combat missions while patrolling the no-fly zone over Libya.

The plane is also competing for a $10 billion contract to outfit India's air force with 126 new multi-role fighters.

Source: http://weapons.technology.youngester.com/2011/04/eurofighter-for-denmarks-list.html

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